7 New Expressions Related to Body Parts

Howdy doody, ladies and gentleman, welcome to another episode of RealLife TV. And in

today's lesson, you guys are going to learn seven new expressions related to body parts.

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The first expression I'm going to teach you today is to get something off your chest.

Your chest is this part of your body, and to get something off your chest means that

you tell someone something that has been bothering you for a while.

If something has been annoying you, something has been worrying you, and you tell someone,

maybe the person who is causing that problem, you can say that you are getting something

off your chest.

So, the second expression is to be up to your eyeballs with something or in something. If

you're really busy, and you have a lot of work to do, you could say "I'm up to my eyeballs

with work." It means that you have so much work that you are completely busy and have

no time to do anything else. You are up to your eyeballs.

Ok.

The next expression is a kick in the teeth. A kick is like to kick a football, in your

teeth. So, a kick in the teeth is when somebody treats you really poorly, or really badly.

Maybe they treat you in a disrespectful way.

It could be your boss, it could be a colleague, it could be a friend. And you can say "that

was like a kick in the teeth, when you did that." An R-rated version, or more adult version

would be, like a kick in the balls. Although this is related to a male body part, women

have been know to use this expression too. So, feel free.

The next expression is to find your feet. To find your feet means that you are adjusting

to a situation. If you've just started a new job, and someone asks you "hey, how is the

new job going?" you can respond "I'm finding my feet, I'm getting used to it, I'm becoming

more adjusted to my job." To find your feet.

Another expression related to feet is to get your feet wet. If you're getting your feet

wet it means you're just starting something new, it's the first experience. It's an analogy

- before you jump into the swimming pool, you just get your feet wet, you're adjusting

yourself to that situation. Kind of similar to finding your feet in some way.

And the last expression today is a pain in the butt, or, again, the more vulgar expression

would be a pain in the arse, or ass, in American English. So, a pain in the butt, or a pain

in the ass, is generally referenced to a person. If someone is really annoying, someone just

really pisses you off, you can say that thay guy, or that girl, is a big pain in the butt,

or pain in the ass.

So, it's generally related to people, but you can also use it in situations. For example,

"waiting in line at the bank is a big pain in the butt, that's a big pain in the ass."

Ok guys, I hope you enjoyed this lesson, and I hope you guys can start using these expressions

in your everyday vocabulary, I think you're going to have some fun with these ones, and

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